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Is Cyl Ibersnacks Buffalo blue cheese ultra-processed?

113g Cheese doodles Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Cyl Ibersnacks Buffalo blue cheese

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed crackers (Appetizers)

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Corn grits, sunflower oil, Buffalo blue cheese flavoring (maltodextrin, salt, whey powder, whole milk powder, flavorings, cheese powder 1.1%, palm fat (milk proteins, glucose syrup), palm oil, cheese 0.6%, monosodium glutamate, disodium 5'-ribonucleotides, garlic powder, onion powder, sugar, lactic acid, citric acid, spice extracts, spice, paprika extract, carotenes), bamboo fiber, products

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160c Paprika extract , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide

As written on the pack

Corn grits, sunflower oil, Buffalo blue cheese flavoring [maltodextrin, salt, whey powder, whole milk powder, flavorings, cheese powder (1.1%), palm fat (milk proteins, glucose syrup), palm oil, cheese (0,6%), flavor enhancers (monosodium glutamate, disodium 5'-ribonucleotides), garlic powder, onion powder, sugar, acidity regulators (lactic acid, citric acid), spice extracts, spice, colors (paprika extract, carotenes)] and bamboo fiber. Contains milk and dairy products.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
6 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 cheese doodles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 100% of the cheese doodles here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 10 cheese doodles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072600069121, last edited 14 July 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.